USS Scamp (SS-277) 

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Classification

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Type:  Submarine
Class:  SS 212
Builder:  Portsmouth Navy Yard
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Characteristics
Length:  307 feet
Beam:  27 feet
Displacement:  2370 tons
# Officers:  6
# Enlisted:  54
Propulsion:  Diesel - Electric
# Propellers:  2
Service
Launched:  7/20/1942
Commissioned:  9/18/1942
Decommissioned:  12/21/1944

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Crew Lists
# Crew listed:  178
# Commission Crew:  62
# Decommission Crew:  0
# with e-mail:  6
# Eternal Patrol:  55
History

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Status:  Lost
Fate:  From records available after the war, it appears that Scamp was sighted by Japanese planes and reported depth charged by a coast defense vessel to the South of Tokyo Bay. 83 men lost.
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